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Matthew Hj Cordes

  • Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry-Sci
  • Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
  • cordes@arizona.edu
  • Bio
  • Interests
  • Courses
  • Scholarly Contributions

Degrees

  • Postdoctoral Structural Biology
    • MIT
  • Ph.D. Organic Chemistry
    • Yale University
    • The Interconversion of Stereoisomeric Cyclopropanones Through Ring-Opening to Oxyallyls: A Case Study of Spiro(bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2,1'-cyclopropane)-2'-one
  • M.S. Organic Chemistry
    • Yale University
  • B.A. Chemistry and Romance Languages
    • Bowdoin College

Work Experience

  • University of Arizona (2007 - Ongoing)
  • University of Arizona (2001 - 2007)

Awards

  • Merck/MIT Fellow
    • Merck/MIT, Fall 1998
  • Helen Hay Whitney Fellowship
    • Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, Fall 1995
  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
    • National Science Foundation, Fall 1988
  • Kent Fellowship
    • Yale University, Fall 1987
  • Sterling Prize Fellowship
    • Yale University, Fall 1987

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Interests

Research

protein evolution; protein structure; protein folding; protein toxins; NMR spectroscopy

Teaching

biochemistry; structural biology

Courses

2025-26 Courses

  • Directed Research
    BIOC 392 (Spring 2026)
  • Honors Thesis
    BIOC 498H (Spring 2026)
  • Nucleic Acids, Metab & Signal
    BIOC 568 (Spring 2026)
  • Biochemistry
    BIOC 462A (Fall 2025)
  • Honors Directed Research
    BIOC 392H (Fall 2025)
  • Honors Preceptorship
    BIOC 491H (Fall 2025)
  • Honors Thesis
    BIOC 498H (Fall 2025)
  • Preceptorship
    BIOC 491 (Fall 2025)

2024-25 Courses

  • Honors Directed Research
    BIOC 392H (Spring 2025)
  • Nucleic Acids, Metab & Signal
    BIOC 568 (Spring 2025)
  • Senior Capstone
    BIOC 498 (Spring 2025)
  • Biochemistry
    BIOC 462A (Fall 2024)
  • Honors Directed Research
    BIOC 392H (Fall 2024)
  • Introduction to Research
    BIOC 792 (Fall 2024)
  • Preceptorship
    BIOC 491 (Fall 2024)
  • Senior Capstone
    BIOC 498 (Fall 2024)

2023-24 Courses

  • Directed Research
    BIOC 492 (Spring 2024)
  • Honors Directed Research
    BIOC 392H (Spring 2024)
  • Nucleic Acids, Metab & Signal
    BIOC 568 (Spring 2024)
  • Biochemistry
    BIOC 462A (Fall 2023)
  • Preceptorship
    BIOC 491 (Fall 2023)

2022-23 Courses

  • Honors Thesis
    BIOC 498H (Spring 2023)
  • Nucleic Acids, Metab & Signal
    BIOC 568 (Spring 2023)
  • Thesis
    MCB 910 (Spring 2023)
  • Biochemistry
    BIOC 462A (Fall 2022)
  • Honors Thesis
    BIOC 498H (Fall 2022)
  • Journal Club
    BIOC 595B (Fall 2022)
  • Research
    MCB 900 (Fall 2022)
  • Thesis
    MCB 910 (Fall 2022)

2021-22 Courses

  • Honors Directed Research
    BIOC 492H (Spring 2022)
  • Honors Thesis
    MCB 498H (Spring 2022)
  • Journal Club
    BIOC 595B (Spring 2022)
  • Senior Capstone
    BIOC 498 (Spring 2022)
  • Biochemistry
    BIOC 462A (Fall 2021)
  • Honors Directed Research
    BIOC 492H (Fall 2021)
  • Honors Preceptorship
    BIOC 491H (Fall 2021)
  • Honors Thesis
    MCB 498H (Fall 2021)
  • Senior Capstone
    BIOC 498 (Fall 2021)

2020-21 Courses

  • Directed Research
    BIOC 392 (Spring 2021)
  • Directed Research
    BIOC 492 (Spring 2021)
  • Honors Directed Research
    BIOC 392H (Spring 2021)
  • Biochemistry
    BIOC 462A (Fall 2020)
  • Directed Research
    BIOC 392 (Fall 2020)
  • Directed Research
    BIOC 492 (Fall 2020)
  • Dissertation
    BIOC 920 (Fall 2020)
  • Honors Directed Research
    BIOC 392H (Fall 2020)
  • Honors Preceptorship
    BIOC 491H (Fall 2020)
  • Preceptorship
    BIOC 491 (Fall 2020)

2019-20 Courses

  • Introduction to Research
    BIOC 795A (Spring 2020)
  • Senior Capstone
    BIOC 498 (Spring 2020)
  • Biochemistry
    BIOC 462A (Fall 2019)
  • Preceptorship
    BIOC 491 (Fall 2019)
  • Senior Capstone
    BIOC 498 (Fall 2019)

2018-19 Courses

  • Biochemistry
    BIOC 462A (Fall 2018)
  • Honors Preceptorship
    BIOC 491H (Fall 2018)
  • Preceptorship
    BIOC 491 (Fall 2018)
  • Scientific Writing
    BIOC 395B (Fall 2018)

2017-18 Courses

  • Biological Structure 2
    BIOC 585B (Spring 2018)
  • Introduction to Research
    BIOC 795A (Spring 2018)
  • Biochemistry
    BIOC 462A (Fall 2017)
  • Honors Preceptorship
    BIOC 491H (Fall 2017)

2016-17 Courses

  • Honors Thesis
    ECOL 498H (Fall 2016)

2015-16 Courses

  • Biological Structure I
    BIOC 585 (Spring 2016)
  • Directed Research
    BIOC 492 (Spring 2016)
  • Senior Capstone
    BIOC 498 (Spring 2016)

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